Chapter 121: Demon and Spiritual Energy

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Wu Pifu stood in front of Jiu Jiu and Daphne.

This passage was the same as the passage he entered, a single passage, with a wall behind it, so he only needed to guard the front entrance.

Originally, Wu Pifu intended to rush forward and solve these headless knights directly, but he always had a strange feeling of being watched from behind. It seemed that the coffins and corpses in this passage had some kind of threat, which made him dare not leave for a moment, so he could only stand with his sword in front of Jiu Jiu and them.

The headless knights drew their swords, but they didn't enter the passage, just stood silently at the entrance.

Wu Pifu was silent for a few seconds, feeling the unease in his heart even more. He seemed to see some twisted shadows at the corner of his eyes, but when he looked carefully, he saw nothing. And he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the largest few bones in the passage were looking at him and Jiu Jiu.

As time passed, this strange feeling became stronger, especially the shadows at the corner of his eyes, the feeling of being watched from behind, and the feeling that the bones seemed to be gradually coming to life. All of this made Wu Pifu's muscles tense up.

At this time, there was a slight moan behind him, which was Daphne waking up.

Wu Pifu immediately said: "Daphne, wake up!"

This sound was used with the "Sound Strike" from the Tiger Demon Technique, but it wasn't filled with qi energy. But to Daphne, it sounded like thunder. Her consciousness, which was still a bit muddled, was immediately shocked, and her spirit and consciousness were immediately clear.

Wu Pifu whispered: "Take care of Jiu Jiu!"

"Wu Pifu? Where is Jiu Jiu?" Daphne was shocked to find Wu Pifu standing in front of her. She looked around, but didn't see any sign of Jiu Jiu. The next second, Wu Pifu rushed out of the passage, facing the slashing swords and shadows, and slashed back upward with his sword.

Fighting face-to-face with one or two enemies is completely different from facing a group of enemies.

Why is three a crowd? Because this reality is not a game, nor is it turn-based. The so-called "two fists are no match for four hands" is true. As long as it's not flesh against a Gundam, three adult strong men who are not afraid and don't dodge can beat Tyson to death on the spot!

In reality, if there is a strong person who can win against ten adults face-to-face, then as long as this person has enough room to maneuver and basic weapons and armor, he can even kill a thousand people!

The reason why there are so-called "ten-man enemies," "hundred-man enemies," and "taking the general's head in the middle of ten thousand troops" in ancient times is nothing more than fast horses and precious armor, plus not encountering enemies who are not afraid of death. Or if it's not the romance type, it's the non-human type that moves hundreds or thousands of pounds of weapons.

The strength of these headless knights is actually not too strong. Basically, they are slightly weaker than the first elite monster Wu Pifu encountered when entering the Demon Castle, which is the giant bear. But they have no concept of life and death, vaguely forming a battle formation, advancing and retreating with degree, and holding swords. When Wu Pifu rushed out of the passage, all the swords slashed at his upper, middle, and lower parts, almost forming a net.

Wu Pifu only had a single sword to rush forward, dodging two weapons by speed, and then slashed upward to block four weapons with a single sword. But immediately after, a hammer hit his shoulder, a sword pierced his lower ribs, and another sword slashed a piece of meat from his back.

In an instant, Wu Pifu was covered in blood, yet he stubbornly pushed forward against these attacks. With a boom, he smashed a headless knight to pieces, then swung his great saber upward in a spin, shattering two more headless knights into fragments.

In less than a second, three headless knights were shattered and crumbled, and Wu Pifu had already rushed into their formation. With his body carrying three wounds, he walked with his sword. Jade-colored light flashed at the entrance of the passage, and a series of blade lights swept across, and two more headless knights were cut into two sections.

The remaining headless knights rushed up together. Wu Pifu was stabbed in the edge of his abdomen again, but at the same time as he was stabbed, the broadsword in his hand slashed and hacked, and he slapped the headless knight who stabbed him with one palm. The palm brought wind and thunder, and with one palm, he shattered the headless knight's chest armor, also hitting it into pieces.

In less than five seconds, all the headless knights blocking the entrance of the passage exploded and turned into powder on the ground. Wu Pifu was also covered in blood, and the wounds on his body looked very scary.

However, Wu Pifu didn't care at all, just turned and rushed into the passage, hugged the fainted Jiu Jiu with one hand, and lifted Daphne by the back of her neck with the other, dragging these two women out of the passage.

As soon as he came out of the passage, Wu Pifu saw that all the bones in the passage were trembling, but they only trembled a few times and then stopped. And the feeling of crisis that had been following him like a shadow also disappeared.

Only then did Wu Pifu breathe a sigh of relief. Daphne immediately asked anxiously: "Jiu Jiu? Didn't you tell me to protect Jiu Jiu?"

Wu Pifu breathed heavily and said: "This is Jiu Jiu."

Daphne looked at the woman on the ground in surprise. Before, this woman had taken her to escape together, dodging several headless knight pursuits, and finally hiding in this dead end. But she didn't expect that in this closed small passage, many chains suddenly stretched out from the wall, piercing her and the woman's wrists and ankles, hanging them in mid-air like this.

She didn't know that this woman was Jiu Jiu.

"...No wonder."

Daphne remembered the incident where Jiu Jiu was dragged into the Demon Castle during the Chaos storm, and she was also implicated and dragged in.

Wu Pifu didn't speak. He was breathing heavily, and at the same time moving his whole body's blood and blood qi. A few seconds later, the wounds on his body stopped bleeding, and his muscles twitched slightly, making the wound area smaller.

Only then did he open his eyes and look at Daphne: "Any important information?"

Although Daphne looked like a seven or eight-year-old girl, her age was estimated to be far more than her appearance, and her thinking was not childish. She immediately understood Wu Pifu's meaning and told her and Jiu Jiu's encounter.

"...Headless knights only patrol the large passages. They don't enter the small passages."

"...This is a maze, only large passages and small passages. There are headless knights on the large passages. The small passages look safe, but they are actually very dangerous. She and I... Jiu Jiu and I were caught by those chains in the small passage. If you hadn't come, we would have died inside."

Wu Pifu listened carefully to this information, nodded, took a meatball from his leather pocket and handed it to Daphne, then ate one himself, and took another one, chewed it up, and fed it to Jiu Jiu mouth-to-mouth.

Daphne swallowed the meatball in a few bites. She looked at Wu Pifu feeding Jiu Jiu the meatball with a blushing face, and then heard Wu Pifu say: "There are no headless knights nearby. We will rest here for a while, and then search forward along the large passage." Daphne nodded, not caring about the wounds on her wrists and ankles, and sat down on the spot. But as soon as she sat down, she felt her eyelids heavy and her body soft.

Although she and Jiu Jiu didn't die, they had been drained of a lot of blood. At this time, eating the wild boar meatball, while digesting this meat, the special ingredients in the wild boar meat also began to slowly heal her body, which made her feel even more tired. Coupled with Wu Pifu's arrival, her inner tension suddenly relaxed. Only a few seconds passed, and Daphne actually fell asleep sitting down.

Seeing this, Wu Pifu wouldn't blame anything. He also sat down holding Jiu Jiu, and silently moved his blood qi, digesting the wild boar meatball in his stomach rapidly, replenishing his strength and recovering his injuries.

Since entering the Demon Castle, he had been running and finding his way, and fighting constantly, especially the battle with the bronze Minotaur, which made him use almost all his means except for the trump card of entering the devil.

By now, he actually needed rest urgently.

As Wu Pifu quieted down, his flesh, muscles, and spirit were slowly changing.

His flesh and muscles were slowly strengthening. After killing those commander-level monsters, especially after killing the bronze Minotaur, the "experience points" fed back by the Demon Castle began to take effect. At the same time, negative energy and pollution were also invading his body, but fortunately, the Sleepless Spiritual Light was burning at all times, and the impact of this mental negative energy on him was extremely slight.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

Until ten hours later, Jiu Jiu's body trembled slightly, her eyes opened, and she immediately looked around. Then, for the first time, she saw Wu Pifu holding her, and immediately, her heart calmed down, just leaning against Wu Pifu's chest without moving.

"Dog Egg, wake up and get up."

!

Wu Pifu said softly.

"Pa!"

Jiu Jiu slammed her forehead into Wu Pifu's forehead in a rage, bruising her own forehead, and at the same time, she opened her mouth and bit Wu Pifu's arm.

Wu Pifu stood up directly, letting Jiu Jiu hang on his arm. This movement also woke up Daphne, who was waking up. She was shocked and immediately stood up from the ground.

Wu Pifu didn't care about these two women, he stood up and looked carefully at the sides of the passage, the coffins, the dry bones, and some pictures and patterns on the wall.

Only then could he be calm and unhurried.

"Daphne, can you understand the words on it?" Wu Pifu pointed to the words carved on a coffin and asked.

Daphne immediately stepped forward to identify it carefully. She said as she looked: "I have been hiding and being chased by those headless knights, and I didn't have time to check it here... No, I can't understand it. I have never seen or heard of these words."

Yet, Jiu Jiu suddenly said in surprise: "These... I recognize some."

Wu Pifu and Daphne looked at her in surprise. Jiu Jiu walked to the coffin and looked at it carefully, and reached out to touch the texture: "That's right, this is Demon Script."

"Demon Script?" Wu Pifu and Daphne asked in unison.

Jiu Jiu said with some fascination and memory: "This is the Demon Script passed down to descendants by high-level great demons through bloodline. I have also obtained part of the inheritance, but I don't recognize it all... It says, Xuan Bird and Qing... fighting, the eighth year of the war, died in battle at... I don't recognize the back."

While speaking, Jiu Jiu went to see other coffins and confirmed many Demon Scripts. Seven out of ten coffins were engraved with this kind of text.

Wu Pifu suddenly realized, and looked at the bones that had abnormalities in their forms, feeling surprised in his heart.

This is the Demon Castle Dream World, right?

Why are there demons?

So... no wonder Jiu Jiu was brought into this Graveyard District, and it was this death hall, where all the monsters were buried.

"...Spiritual energy continues to decline, Phoenix decided..."

"...Sealed a mouthful of pure spiritual energy deep in the Ten Thousand Demon Hall..."

Wu Pifu continued to listen to Jiu Jiu reading the Demon Script on the coffin, and when he heard the words "spiritual energy," his heart moved.

"Iron Refining Record"!?